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Journalology collates and analyses scholarly publishing news.

Newsletter · By James Butcher · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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Sep 27, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    The Jist: September 13 to September 26 (opens the original)

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    Subscribe nowHello fellow journalologists,Journalists have been very busy over the past 2 weeks writing stories about scholarly publishing (some of which are Exclusives!). There’s a lot to get through here. If you’re not a news junkie, skip to the end and read the And finally… section. You won’t regret it.In case you missed them, here are links to two recent issues of the core Journalology newsletter, which analyse the most important announcements and developments from

  2. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Journalology #155: Cake (opens the original)

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    Subscribe nowHello fellow journalologists,This week’s newsletter has a strong biomedical publishing theme, but it should be of interest to all readers as the concepts are universal. You’ll learn about the increased commercial risk of green open access due to funder mandates and AI tools. I also cover yesterday’s strike action by Lancet staff and talk you through the financial challenges of covering editorial costs on highly selective journals with article proces

  3. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Journalology #154: Lessons learned (opens the original)

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    Subscribe nowHello fellow journalologists,I published an essay about 10 days ago that analysed the half-year reports from Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wolters Kluwer. I’ve received lots of positive feedback, so if you were away on holiday and missed it you can read it here:Today’s issue of Journalology contains five stories:eLife 2025 Annual ReportLes

  4. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    The Jist: September 1 to September 12 (opens the original)

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    Subscribe nowHello fellow journalologists,This week I attended the ALPSP (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) conference in Manchester, but I kept an eye on the news wires while I was there. Needless to say, there’s plenty to sink your teeth into in this issue of The Jist. As a reminder, the purpose of The Jist is to summarise how news outlets have been covering scholarly communication. <di

  5. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    2026 half-yearly updates (opens the original)

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    Subscribe nowHello fellow journalologists,Many of the large commercial publishers provide a half-yearly update to their shareholders. In today’s newsletter I’ve collated the key information from those presentations and provide my interpretation of what the findings mean for the wider publishing ecosystem. We’ll cover:RELX (Elsevier)Springer NatureInforma (Taylor & Francis)Wolters KluwerWiley w

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